Edward Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education (2019/2020)

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Natural Curiosity and the Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study are delighted to announce that the Edward Burtynksy Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education is now open for Teachers and Early Childhood Educators across Canada.

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Thank you for participating in the Burtynsky Award for Teaching Excellence in Environmental Education. By sharing how you integrate the importance and interconnectedness of all life on Earth in your teaching, you are contributing to a growing body of educator stories that inspire education transformation.

We recognize and honour that many educators are at different points in their journey. Your written response should focus on describing how your practice fulfills the success criteria outlined below. Tell us your story and please remember to provide concrete examples.

We recommend that you draft and save your response in Google Docs or Microsoft Word, before inserting your final application into this form.

The Four Branches of Natural Curiosity and related Indigenous lenses:

Burtynsky Award Success Criteria (2019/20)

Burtynsky Award Success Criteria (2019/20) continued

Background and General Rationale for Submission *

Please provide a brief personal background and a description of the work in environmental inquiry on which you are basing your application. (Max 350 words)

Branch I: Inquiry & Engagement/Lighting the Fire *

Please describe how you incorporate inquiry-based learning into your practice. Refer to the criteria on Branch I. (Max 350 words)

Branch II: Experiential Learning/Sending Out Roots *

Please describe how you create opportunity for experiential learning in your practice. Refer to the criteria on Branch II. (Max 350 words)

Branch III: Integrated Learning/The Flow of Knowledge *

Please describe how you integrate into your environmental inquiry a range of subjects, perspectives, real world problems and community connections. Refer to the criteria on Branch III. (Max 350 words)

Branch IV: Moving Towards Sustainability/Breathing with the World *

Please describe how your teaching practice creates opportunities for students to begin to move towards sustainable attitudes and actions, and seeds for reciprocal relationships with the world. Refer to the criteria on Branch IV. (Max 350 words)

Putting It Back Together *

Tell us how it all came together. How did the four branches of environmental inquiry work together in your teaching practice to support and deepen student learning? How is this philosophy reflected in your practice on a daily basis? Please demonstrate connections to your own personal teaching pedagogy. (Max 350 words)

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